OS Command Injection in Abrt - CVE-2025-12744

Vulnerability identifier: #VU119261

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12744

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to software extracts a 12-byte substring from user-controlled mount information and embedding it verbatim into a shell command constructed with g_strdup_printf("docker inspect %s", container_id). A local user can execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. 

Abrt
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
abrt (Red Hat package)
python3-abrt-doc
python3-abrt-container-addon
python3-abrt-addon
python3-abrt
abrt-tui
abrt-retrace-client
abrt-plugin-machine-id
abrt-libs
abrt-gui-libs
abrt-gui
abrt-desktop
abrt-dbus
abrt-console-notification
abrt-cli-ng
abrt-cli
abrt-addon-xorg
abrt-addon-vmcore
abrt-addon-pstoreoops
abrt-addon-kerneloops
abrt-addon-coredump-helper
abrt-addon-ccpp
abrt

Install updates from vendor's website.

abrt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.10.9-25.el8_2, 2.10.9-25.el8_4, 2.10.9-25.el8_8, 2.10.9-25.el8_10
python3-abrt-doc - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
python3-abrt-container-addon - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
python3-abrt-addon - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
python3-abrt - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-tui - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-retrace-client - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-plugin-machine-id - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-libs - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-gui-libs - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-gui - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-desktop - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-dbus - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-console-notification - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-cli-ng - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-cli - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-xorg - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-vmcore - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-pstoreoops - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-kerneloops - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-coredump-helper - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt-addon-ccpp - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1
abrt - update to 2.10.9-25.0.1

• Exploit #12211 - abrt_root (December 17, 2025)

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12744
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2412467

• Privilege escalation in Abrt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for abrt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for abrt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for abrt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for abrt
• Anolis OS update for abrt